In honour of the passing of another link to downtown’s more glorious days, I present some scans from a late 1950’s era brochure on the top hat.
The brochure featured an action photo of the Pride of Toledo, OH in action
Just a few of the stars that had graced the Top Hat Stage…
Guaranteed!
Some of the house staff…
A rare view of the Top Hat as it looked before its final renovation in the 1970’s.
Built in 1929, the house at 2177 Victoria Avenue was originally numbered 1545 Victoria, pre…
Crescent Lanes first opened on Ottawa Street in 1944 at 1055 Ottawa Street, opposite Lanspeary…
Above is a photo of the home of Mr & Mrs Oswald Janisse, located at…
in 1917 two Greek brothers Gus & Harry Lukos purchased a one story building on…
Photo from Google Streetview A long time reader sent me an email the other week…
An unremarkable end to a part of Windsor's history. The large vacant house at 841…
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I see that Feelgoods on Huron Church will soon be razed for this new border road. Andrew do you have any old photo's when it was The Sandhill House. Another historic building meeting it's fate,sad. Here is the story that was in the Star.
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=b2853220-aa8e-43f2-bbd7-677fa3605bcc
The way the maps for dric look, it appears the 1920s era former gas station on the corner as well as the first house on Grand Marais - also late 20s from when Huron Divisions was first being built - will also be lost.
nice of them to go ahead and tie this crap into the expressway without asking,eh?
But Eddie had stated he wouldn't compromise which is why he gave councillor Halberstadt such grief. Yet here he is compromising (he should have in the first place). I also thought he didn't want to use EC Row but I guess he thinks it is o.k. to change his mind when he wants but if others do it look out!
Windsor just reminds me of the Detroit Lion's organization. Say one thing, do another, talk, talk talk but accomplish little. Both organizations are totally inept!
Anybody have photos of the first house on Grand Marais? There's a house on Grand Marais between Glenwood and Mark Avenue that I have been curious about since childhood. I wanted to take photos of it the last time I was in the city, but I saw people milling about the front yard, and I lost my nerve.
PP I have a photo I took + a screencap photo of it in the 1920s. Ditto for a bunch of other houses. If you search this site Andrew did a profile on some of those homes a while back. Try this photoset for starters http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiz68/sets/72157602092337662/
Thanks, John. I grew up nearby, but most of these houses strangely didn't look all that familiar. Of course, in those days brand spanking new 60s bungalows were much more valued than anything older. I think the house I've been curious about could be the last one in your set. It had a huge lot, garden with a large separate garage. It was a lot larger than any of the others there. I've always thought it was custom built for someone who owned more property before the area was developed. The house numbers on Grand Marais don't mean that much to me because most of the residential streets run north- south rather than east-west, but I'm guessing that most of them are just east of the Yorktown Plaza, except for that last one. Is the video Building the Bridge available online?
Thanks again.
It can be borrowed from the WPL in VHS format, PP. If you have trouble with the house numbers just punch the address into Google Maps and that will give you a good idea where each is.
My son's mother-in-law worked as a bookkeeper at the Top Hat for many years when they had night club entertainment. She kept a photo album filled with personalized autographed star photos, some taken with her. Great to look at.